THE MASTERS ABOUT The Masters is a series of technique-specific exhibitions established by the Royal Society of PainterPrintmakers. This year’s exhibition will be dedicated to relief printmaking in all its forms and will be curated by Angie Lewin RE. The exhibition will be held at Bankside Gallery, a well-respected gallery in a prime location next to the Tate Modern on London’s South Bank. All forms of relief printmaking are eligible. This includes woodcuts, metalcuts, linocuts, wood engraving, relief etching and block press. Any print that has relief printmaking as its primary medium is eligible. Selection will be made from digital submissions with an entry fee of £12 per work (£8 for students). Selected works will be exhibited at Bankside Gallery, 48 Hopton Street, London, SE1 9JH, from 3 – 15 November 2015. The deadline for applications is 31 August 2015. PRIZES - Arts Club Charitable Trust Award - £1000 for an outstanding work selected by the trustees of the Arts Club Charitable Trust. - Sanguine Studios Prize – Rob White of Sanguine Studios will select an artist to work with to create 2 new prints, which he will then publish. - Art Angels Prize - £250 plus the possibility of the image being published on an Art Angels postcard. - St Brides Foundation Purchase Prize – As chosen by the St Brides Foundation - Fenner Paper Prize - £250 worth of relief printing paper - Intaglio Printmaking Prize - £100 worth of materials - Great Art Prize - £150 worth of materials from Great Art - Red Hot Press Prize – Free studio membership for 2016, plus invitations to take part in their exhibitions. Prizes will be awarded at the Private View of the exhibition on Tuesday 3rd November (6-8pm), to which artists and one guest each are most welcome. ENTRY INFORMATION HOW TO ENTER Selection will be made from digital submissions with an entry fee of £12 per picture (£8 for students). To apply, please go to www.re-printmakers.com/themasters. Click on the drop-down menu to select the number of pieces you want to submit. You can submit a maximum of 6 works. You will then be instructed how much to pay. Once payment is complete, press ‘continue’ and you will be directed to a form that will request all of the relevant details for each of your images. The last step is to upload your images – maximum size 3MB If you encounter difficulties, you can get in touch at [email protected]. ELIGIBILITY All forms of relief printmaking are eligible. Reproduction prints are not accepted. All artwork must have been made in the past three years, dating from 31 August 2012. Artists from any country may enter provided they are willing and able to get their work to and from the designated courier for international artists – Picture Post (see details under ‘delivery of works’, below). AGE LIMITS Artists must be 18 or over on 31 August 2015. NUMBER OF SUBMISSIONS Artists are allowed to submit a maximum of 6 artworks. A maximum of 3 artworks will be selected from any one artist. NOTIFICATION Successful candidates will be informed of the judges’ decision by email by Friday 18 September 2015. A list of successful entries will also be published at www.re-printmakers.com/themasters. The judges' decision is final. Works selected from digital submission are not guaranteed to be hung in the exhibition as a final selection is made at the time of hanging. STUDENT APPLICATIONS Students whose work is selected for the exhibition will be required to show student ID when delivering the work to the drop off location. Any works found to be falsely submitted as student work will not be hung. EXHIBITION INFORMATION DELIVERY OF WORKS UK ARTISTS Selected works are to be delivered to Ground Floor, 23 Blue Anchor Lane, London, SE16 3UL on Fri 30 or Sat 31st October 2015 11AM - 6PM. You will be asked to unwrap your prints and take any packing material away with you. If you are planning to use an art courier to deliver your paintings, we recommend Picture Post ([email protected] / 01302 711 011), Art Moves of Chelsea ([email protected] / 020 7352 7492) and South Hams Express ([email protected] / 01803 551368 / 07502041139). INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS Please liaise with Picture Post using the contact details below, who will: Assist with the VAT process. Receive artwork from DHL/FedEx/TNT etc. Hand In on the due day. Store the packaging for use in the event of a return being required. Collect unsold or unaccepted artwork. Repack. Arrange the export service. All the above at the Artists Expense. For the detail supporting the above, including schedules and prices, contact: Sarah - [email protected] 01302 711011 / Tom - 07833 450 788 PICTURE SIZES/FRAMING There are no size restrictions, however, artists with extremely large works are advised to contact Bankside Gallery to discuss details prior to submitting. You will need to have your work framed. Frames must be professional quality and should be a simple design in monochrome wood – no clip frames or metal frames will be accepted. Please note that the RE reserves the right to refuse any poorly presented work. MIRROR-PLATES Two mirror plates should be affixed to the frames approximately one-third from the top of the frame. All works are to be handed in unwrapped and will be transported in blankets. All works will be handed out unwrapped so artists will need to bring their own wrapping when they collect their work. LABELLING Clearly label each print on the front and back with your name, title of the work, medium and price. The label on the back should be affixed securely. The label on the front will be removed once it is hung on the wall, so please do not use sticky labels; instead secure a piece of white paper to the picture’s edge using small pieces of masking or magic tape, which are easy to remove without damaging your frame or marking the glass. We would prefer labels to be typed, but if this is not possible, please print clearly in block capitals. INSURANCE Works submitted for exhibition remain at all times the liability of the artist. While every care will be taken when handling works, neither the Gallery nor the RE can accept liability for any damage. Artists should therefore arrange adequate insurance against the loss or damage of their works in transit to and from the exhibition venue. Works selected for exhibition will ONLY be insured at the venue (Bankside Gallery) throughout the duration of the exhibition, and provided they are screwed to the wall with mirror-plates. EXHIBITION DATES The show will run from 3 to 15 November 2015. SALE OF WORK DURING THE EXHIBITION All work must be for sale and copyright must be vested in the named artist. Sales and payment will be handled by Bankside Gallery. A commission of 45% will be levied. All works will be sold as seen, so your selling price should include commission and your framing costs. Artists will be notified of sales shortly after they occur and the balance will be remitted to the artists within six weeks of the end of the exhibition. Any sales of further unframed prints will be the responsibility of the artist to deliver to the purchaser. Postage will only be charged to the purchaser and passed along to the artist in cases where an unframed piece is to be sent abroad. In these cases Bankside Gallery will make every effort to ensure that the amount charged adequately recompenses the artist’s expenses. PHOTOGRAPHY AND COPYRIGHT The artist will allow the work to be photographed and reproduced by the organisers for the purposes of promoting the exhibition and future ‘The Masters’ exhibitions, including catalogue, press and publicity, and websites. Copyright of all works remains the property of the artist. Any enquiries for copyright will be referred to the artist. COLLECTING UNSOLD WORK AFTER THE EXHIBITION UK artists: If you have not been notified of a sale during the exhibition you must collect your unsold work from th Bankside Gallery on Monday 16 November between 11am and 6pm. Works not collected on the official collection day can be collected later from Art Moves of Chelsea, Nationwide Self Storage, Blantyre Street, Chelsea, London SW10 0EQ but will incur a storage charge of £20 per work if collected in the first week. This cost increases by £5 each additional week. Works not collected by Wednesday 16th December 2015 will be disposed of. International artists: Please see Picture Post information above, under ‘Delivery of Works’. SUMMARY OF DATES Online applications open: 8 June 2015 Deadline for online applications: 31 August 2015 Send-in dates: Fri 30 & Sat 31 Oct, 11am-6pm to 23 Blue Anchor Lane, London SE16 3UL Private View: Tue 3 Nov 2015, 6 – 8pm Exhibition dates: 3 – 15 Nov 2015 Collection of unsold work: Mon 16 Nov, 11am-6pm from Bankside Gallery, 48 Hopton St. SE1 9JH
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